Monthly Archives: August 2010

Productivity, Motivation, and Personal Development Links – 29th August 2010

Just returned from three days at Legoland Windsor with my family.

This marks the end of my summer vacations. My children go back to school at the end of this week and my twins start school a week Monday so exciting times ahead.

Got to get my head down this week. Spent a great few days planning and mind mapping last week and this week is about getting all of my projects back in control after my summer breaks.

Here are my collection of links for this week.

My first link for this week is to a great post about Getting Things Done from Darren Rowse of ProBlogger.com. This is a short blog post and a short podcast that Darren recorded whilst going for a walk, now that is multi tasking at its best!
My second link is a post titled 5 Common Misconceptions about Evernote. This post looks at the Evernote application and answers some common questions about the apps usage.
My third link is to a post that looks at 7 Reasons Why I Love OmniFocus. I use OmniFocus on my Mac, iPhone and iPad to run my life and this brief post covers why the post author also loves OmniFocus.
My fourth link is a link to a review of MindMeister: A Sturdy Mind Mapper With a Route to the Cloud. MindMeister is an App that I have covered many times in this blog and is the best cloud based Mind Mapping application in my opinion.
My fifth and last link is to part 11 of a 14 part series from the Simple Dollar where they are discussing the Getting Things Done book by David Allen. This tenth installment is titled Getting Things Done: The Power of the Collection Habit. This is an excellent series and well worth the time investment.

Hope you all have a great week ahead!

Productivity, Motivation, and Personal Development Links – 22nd August 2010

Had a great holiday, much more to come but I am pressured for time..

Here are my collection of links for this week.

My first link for this week is to a video post from the BBC that covers How to get a grip on your email inbox. This was shown on the BBC News Channel and features some great tips and applications on how to get things done. Nice to see David Allen briefly featured.
My second link is a post titled 70 Essential Personal Development Blogs for College Students. There are some great blogs listed here and I am happy to say that I get a mention on the productivity blog links.
My third link is to a post showing you 4 Things You Must Do To Get Things Done!. This is a great little post with four very important topics that I agree you must do in order to Get Things Done.
My fourth link is a link to a video blog entry from the founder of Nozbe titled My Simple Email setup with IMAP. This is very similar to how I manage my email that I must one day write about.
My fifth and last link is to part 10 of a 14 part series from the Simple Dollar where they are discussing the Getting Things Done book by David Allen. This tenth installment is titled Getting Things Done: Getting Projects Under Control. This is an excellent series and well worth the time investment.

Hope you all have a great week ahead!

Productivity, Motivation, and Personal Development Links – 8th August 2010

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This is my second post that I scheduled as I am currently enjoying a holiday in Italy.

Hopefully I will have had over a week playing with OmniFocus for the iPad now and my review of the app should be well under way.

Here are my collection of links for this week.

My first link for this week is to a great post showing you how to Get Things Done in Evernote with One Notebook. Great post with some nice ideas on how to implement a GTD system with Evernote.
My second link is a post reviewing the top GTD Apps for the Google Android Mobile OS. I use an iPhone but Android is a fast growing OS that a lot of developers are now taking notice of.
My third link is to a post showing you how to Organize Your Web Surfing with Evernote. This is yet another great post showing you how the great note taking app, Evernote can be used in different ways.
My fourth link is a link to an interesting post that looks at Defogging the cloud-computing myth. Cloud Computing has been an industry buzz word for quite a while and this article looks at some of the better cloud computing apps that can be used.
My fifth and last link is to part 8 of a 14 part series from the Simple Dollar where they are discussing the Getting Things Done book by David Allen. This fourth installment is titled Getting Things Done: Making the Best Action Choices. This is an excellent series and well worth the time investment.

Hope you all have a great week ahead!

Productivity, Motivation, and Personal Development Links – 1st August 2010

I am currently in Italy enjoying the sun and this post has been written before I left.

I am currently sat here waiting for OmniFocus for the iPad to be approved in the App store before I leave on vacation. I was hoping to review it before I go away but now I just hope that I get it!

I am guessing that by the time you read this it has been launched.

Here are my collection of links for this week.

My first link for this week is to OmniFocus for the iPad. This has been my most anticipated app for the iPad and even though I have not yet seen it (as this post is scheduled) I am sure it is awesome!.
My second link is a post looking at the Causes of Difficulty Getting Things Done. It is fair to say that more people fail at productivity than who achieve a productive lifestyle and this post tries to look at why this happens.
My third link is to an interesting post covering The Hit List, the Mac GTD Application. The post is titled Forget what you need to do, with confidence! and it is well worth the time investment.
My fourth link is a link to a post stating why Evernote is a Lifesaver for the blog author. I agree, Evernote is a lifesaver for me too!
My fifth and last link is to part 8 of a 14 part series from the Simple Dollar where they are discussing the Getting Things Done book by David Allen. This fourth installment is titled Getting Things Done: Keeping Your System Functional. This is an excellent series and well worth the time investment.

Hope you all have a great week ahead!